Trade analysts shared their perspectives on how the Trump administration might deal with South Korea as the U.S. weighs whether to impose auto tariffs.

A KPMG webinar described how importers should file post-summary corrections and/or protests to claim refunds under the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act.

Commenters recently submitted their requests for provisions in a potential U.S.-United Kingdom free trade agreement.

Analysis shows that the ongoing shutdown is impacting trade functions across the federal government.

The European Commission submitted its proposal to the United Nations on Friday.

Agriculture is excluded from the draft mandates on industrial goods tariffs and conformity assessment.

The Senate Finance chair suggested the government shutdown could delay congressional consideration of USMCA as well as the start of trade talks with Japan and the EU.

John Veroneau says the passage of the trade agreement is very much an open question this Congress as several variables are in play.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer indicated in a letter that ongoing trade talks will play a role in whether the Trump administration eventually will establish an exclusion process.

“Excepted personnel will ensure USTR continues to conduct operations, including trade negotiations and enforcement.”

The objectives, released Friday, largely mirror separate objectives released ahead of Japan and NAFTA talks.

Restrictions on material from Bulgaria and China will remain in place until January 2024.

The EU trade commissioner said on Thursday that Europe would not agree to accept U.S. quotas on automotive imports as part of any potential bilateral trade agreement.

Trade ministers from the three countries met in Washington on Wednesday as the governments continue efforts to reinvigorate the WTO.

U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue made several remarks about U.S. trade policy during and after his State of American Business address Thursday.

The Senate Finance chair wants to talk with congressional Democrats about what they have in mind for consideration of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

The South Korean ambassador confirmed his country’s parliamentary body has ratified provisions necessary to effectuate amendments to the agreement.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer: “The Trump administration is making clear that it takes monitoring and enforcement of U.S. trade agreements seriously.”

The European Commission has notified the World Trade Organization of its intent to extend steel safeguards imposed last summer through July 16, 2021.

The Government Accountability Office, a congressional body that acts as a watchdog of executive branch performance, did call for more documentation of decision-making.

Tela Innovations named Acer, Asus, Lenovo and others in a complaint to the ITC alleging infringement of companies’ imports on Tela’s intellectual property rights.

With talks set to start as early as mid-January, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative shared its vision for approaching customs and trade remedies.

The agency is accepting input and will hold a hearing in February to gather more information on countries that provide inadequate IP rights protection to U.S. nationals.

Submitted for publication were nearly 1,000 exclusions from a first tranche of tariffs covering $34 billion worth of goods from China in 2017 import value.

The extension of the phaseout of 25 percent U.S. tariffs, agreed to during KORUS talks, was officially established in a presidential proclamation on Friday.

The incoming Senate Finance Committee chairman also expects agriculture to be included in U.S.-EU trade negotiations.

The action during Tuesday’s Dispute Settlement Body meeting came amid a tense WTO Trade Policy Review of the U.S., which took place Monday and Wednesday.

The department’s Office of Fossil Energy is reverting to a policy of requiring authorized exporters to report where liquefied natural gas or natural gas was delivered.

The Section 301 tariffs across $200 billion of Chinese goods had been set to increase to 25 percent at the beginning of the new year.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers called for U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to put the “highest priority” on lifting tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

Tuesday was the deadline for industry to submit exclusion requests for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s second tranche of Section 301 tariffs.

The action fulfills a second key promise after U.S. and Chinese delegations agreed during a G20 meeting to take steps toward defusing trade tensions.

Indictment alleges that a CBP officer who worked in Canada kept U.S. government allowances for a home lease and children’s schooling.

The senators said problems with the process to request exclusions from duties on steel and aluminum include slow response and unclear communication.

The WTO Appellate Body upheld an October 2016 dispute panel ruling striking down a Mexican claim that U.S. labeling of tuna as “dolphin-safe” is discriminatory.

The order took effect Monday and will remain in effect through June of next year.

Members of the U.S. ag industry during an interagency hearing pushed for agriculture to be included in U.S.-EU trade talks, which runs against the desires of EU officials.

The move fulfills a key agreement reached during a meeting with the U.S. delegation on the sidelines of the G20 summit earlier this month.

Deputy National Economic Council Director Clete Willems during a speech Thursday emphasized the structural economic reforms the U.S. wants to see in China.

CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan tells Senate Judiciary Committee his agency would need at least $300 million annually to increase scanning at ports of entry.

BIC Corp. is seeking a general exclusion order for imports of several different brands of lighters.

In the first government self-initiated AD/CVD case since 1985, the ITC voted 5-0 that imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China materially injure U.S. industry.

Robust customs provisions as part of any agreement would play a crucial role in bilateral trade, industry members said during an International Trade Commission hearing.

The likely future House speaker indicated she is examining labor and environment provisions to determine whether they will be enforceable in practice.

The agency received positive feedback from a recent use case examining NAFTA/CAFTA certificates of origin, a CBP official said Wednesday.

The WTO Dispute Settlement Body on Tuesday agreed to form panels requested by India and Switzerland.

Changes being implemented were enacted through tax reform legislation signed late last year.

The second edition of Tariff Negotiations and Renegotiations under the GATT and WTO follows the original published in 2001.

The American and Chinese leaders agreed to de-escalate trade tensions, including holding off on additional tariffs, but different factors could detract from the truce.

He told reporters aboard Air Force One that he’s making the move in an effort to push Congress to pass the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Representatives of beneficiary countries testified Thursday as the Trump administration reviews eligibility based on worker rights, IP and other practices.

The leaders of the three countries signed the agreement on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, teeing up the pact for respective domestic ratification processes.

Sen. Portman also highlighted his hopes for agriculture to be included in EU-U.S. discussions during an event at the Hudson Institute.

Karen Dunn Kelley’s “noncontroversial” nomination had been pending for more than five months.

Panelists at an Atlantic Council event Tuesday pointed to several areas of ag trade in North America the updated NAFTA should enhance.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has received more than 100 stakeholder submissions to inform its approach toward bilateral discussions.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau released a 132-page proposed rule that would affect several aspects of U.S. alcohol trade with foreign countries.

The U.S., Mexico and Canada likely will formally ink the updated pact during the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.

System to go live later this year or early next year will replace the Regulations.gov filing process.

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Tuesday issued a 53-page update to its March-completed Section 301 report on China’s policies related to IP, tech transfer and innovation.

U.S. consumers are bearing less of the burden of the Trump administration’s Section 301 tariffs than Chinese producers, according to EconPol Europe.

While there’s impetus for negotiations to move quickly, defining the scope could be tricky during the lead-up to discussions, says Asia Society vice president.

The Trump administration will collect comments through Jan. 15 and will hold a hearing Jan. 29 as it develops negotiating positions.

The ITC reversed its decision to slap a limited exclusion order on imports and a cease-and-desist order on sales after Toshiba and the petitioner reached a settlement.

The International Trade Commission held a hearing Thursday and Friday to inform its report on the likely economic impacts of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said the list has U.S. products targeted for retaliation should the Trump administration impose automotive tariffs on Europe.

The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission recommends the U.S. government consider bringing a type of WTO case scarcely used against China.

CBP is closing several lanes at two California ports as it prepares for the arrival of the migrant caravan moving through Mexico.

China also joined other countries in opposing a transparency proposal sent to the WTO by the U.S. and four other members earlier this month.

With his signature candor, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Wall Street bankers and the extremely wealthy to spend their money at home.

Officials met in Washington for the fifth meeting of the bilateral Trade and Investment Working Group and held preparatory talks for a possible post-Brexit free trade agreement.

The paper calls for a stronger approach to requiring notifications by member governments on issues including customs valuation and subsidies.

The next phase of the investigation is for the ITC to make its determination on whether imports of common alloy aluminum sheet from China injure U.S. industry.

The respondents in a U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty case on uncoated groundwood paper — newsprint — from Canada ask that a binational body look at a ruling in their […]

Starting in January, carriers will be fined $5,000 for first offenses and $10,000 for subsequent violations.

Dogs trained in the third-party explosives detection program will assist Transportation Security Administration teams in screening shipments, including foreign cargo.

Process begins to choose individuals to serve on the U.S. roster used for the selection of panelists to review duty determinations made by NAFTA parties

A required annual review of the African Growth and Opportunity Act found that hereditary slavery in the country remains a concern.

Customs and Border Protection issued guidance allowing reduced excise tax rates for alcoholic beverage imports and released documents needed to claim them.

Investor-state dispute settlement provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement are much scaled back from NAFTA’s language.

White House applies eligibility for the Generalized System of Preferences to few new country-product combinations.

Negotiating objectives are being considered for a potential U.S.-Japan trade deal that aims to “address both tariff and non-tariff barriers and to achieve fairer, more balanced trade.”

The president has 60 days to review the determination of intellectual property infringement.

Census Bureau identifies 284,168 companies responsible for exporting $1.292 trillion in goods.

The president of the Baltimore-based manufacturer discusses how to navigate the tariff-heavy landscape as well as the benefits free trade agreements provide.

Legislation includes provisions to require advance electronic data for international postal shipments and to strengthen DOT’s alcohol and drug testing practices.

U.S. Wheat Associates did charge that practices in “clear violation” of a WTO agreement helped establish Turkey as the world’s leading flour exporter.

Hewlett-Packard export compliance officer expects a lot of public comments on the control of technologies essential to national security.

The agency plans to submit its recommendations at the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee meeting on Oct. 3.

More input should be added to the mix before legislation is fully cooked.

Two shipments of pineapples also contained nearly 200 pounds of cocaine.

CBP collected feedback on its joint Air Cargo Advance Screening program with the TSA.

The revamped Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism will adopt several changes as its rollout ramps up in FY 2019.

Imports subject to both a safeguard tariff and an antidumping or countervailing duty order will be a focus for regulatory auditors.

Deputy USTR Jeffrey Gerrish says, “We have called on Mexico and Canada to increase transparency, simplify processes.”

Entry type 86 will be integrated into the Automated Broker Interface early next year.

A New Hampshire company alleges Growers Express and C.H. Robinson violated intellectual property rights law.

Authorizations for data access and sharing, new processes and resource optimization sought.

Importers are still paying rates that were in place prior to enactment of tax reform legislation.

Technology will be applied to verify NAFTA and CAFTA certificates of origin.